Jewett, (Theodora) Sarah Orne
- Jewett, (Theodora) Sarah Orne
(3 sep. 1849, South Berwick, Maine, EE.UU.–24 jun. 1909, South Berwick).
Escritora estadounidense. Interesada en captar los estilos de vida populares de una cultura en extinción, Jewett compuso retratos realistas de los envejecidos nativos de Maine, cuyos hábitos, modismos y expresividad registró con mordacidad y humor. Entre sus 20 obras destacan
Deephaven (1877),
A White Heron [Una garza blanca] (
1886) y
The Country of the Pointed Firs [El país de los abetos puntiagudos] (1896).
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Jewett, (Theodora) Sarah Orne — born Sept. 3, 1849, South Berwick, Maine, U.S. died June 24, 1909, South Berwick U.S. writer. Concerned to capture the folkways of a vanishing culture, she wrote realistic sketches of aging Maine natives, whose manners, idioms, and pithiness she… … Universalium
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